Jackie Gamber's Sela Blog Tour Dates, Sela Cover Unveil, and Limited Hardcover Edition Announced

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March 3, 2012

Jackie Gamber's Sela Blog Tour Dates, Sela Cover Unveil, and Limited Hardcover Edition Announced

Seventh Star Press is proud to announce 36 blog tour dates for award-winning author Jackie Gamber's Sela, Book Two of the YA fantasy Leland Dragon Series, and the follow-up to her highly-acclaimed novel Redheart. In addition, Seventh Star Press is unveiling the cover art and two interior illustrations created by award-winning artist Matthew Perry for Sela.






The Sela Blog Tour is being hosted by Babs Book Bistro, and will feature 35 blog sites over 36 days, beginning March 27th and running through all of April. The tour will include a mixture of reviews, giveaways, interviews, and guest posts from Jackie. The tour will culminate with a special encore and wrap-up visit at From The Bookshelf of T.B. on May 1st.

Sela picks up a few years after the events of Redheart. Vorham Riddess, Venur of Esra Province, covets the crystal ore buried deep in Leland's mountains, and his latest device to obtain it is by marriage to a Leland maiden.

Among Dragonkind, old threats haunt Mount Gore, and shadows loom in the thoughts of the Red who restored life to land and love. A dragon hunter, scarred from countless battles, discovers he can yet suffer more wounds.

In the midst of it all, Sela Redheart is lost, driven from her home with only her old uncle to watch over her. As the dragon-born child of Kallon, the leader of Leland's Dragon Council, she is trapped in human form with no understanding of how she transformed, or how to turn back.

In a world where magic is born of feeling, where the love between a girl and a dragon was once transformative, what power dwells in the heart of young Sela?

Sela will be released in softcover and eBook versions during the first week of April, following the launch party at MidSouthCon in Memphis, TN during the March 24-26 weekend. Continuing the Seventh Star Press tradition of releasing collectible, limited edition hardcovers, Sela is now available for pre-order in a beautiful hardcover edition that is strictly limited to 75 copies.

The limited hardcover edition is signed and numbered by Jackie Gamber, and includes a bonus illustration from Matthew Perry not included in other editions. It will be accompanied by an assortment of collectibles, including a set of glossy art cards, bookmarks, and magnets. The limited edition hardcovers will also be bundled with the eBook version, with buyers able to choose an ePub, Kindle, or Nook version. Those interested in securing one of the 75 limited hardcovers can place a pre-order at: http://seventhstarpress.com/documents/pre_orders.html

The Sela Blog Tour Dates and Participants Are As Follows:




March 27  Lisa's Book Reviews          
March 28  Watch Play Read                  
March 29 Stuck In Books                   
March 30 Fade Into Fantasy                 
March 31  Ian's Realm                      
April 1   Jelly Bean Chair Reviews     
April 2   Once Upon A Time             
April 3 A Book Vacation                      
April 4 Jess Resides Here                
April 5   Soliloquy                        
April 6   Vilutheril Reviews                
April 7   Ritesh Kala's Book Review         
April 8 Sci Fi Guys                          
April 9   Unputdownable Books                 
April 10 Edi's Book Lighthouse         
April 11  Workaday Reads                 
April 12  Eva's Sanctuary                 
April 13  Book and Movie Dimension Blog
April 14  Babs Book Bistro                 
April 15  Azure Dwarf Horde of Fantasy and SciFi
April 16  Fade Into Fantasy                
April 17  Reading Away the Days         
April 18 Splash of Our Worlds                 
April 19 Ali's Bookshelf                 
April 20 Sheila Deeth                         
April 21  I Heart Reading              
April 22  All-Consuming Media           
April 23  Spellbound By Books                 
April 24 One Thrifty Gurl                  
April 25  Evie Bookish                    
April 26  Booklady's Booknotes                
April 27  Ella Bella Reviews                 
April 28  I Smell Sheep                   
April 29  The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia 
April 30  Darlene's Book Nook                
May 1st From The Bookshelf of T.B. (special tour encore and wrap-up visit)



Contact: C.C. James
Public Relations, Seventh Star Press
ccjames@seventhstarpress.com


Seventh Star Press is a small press publisher of speculative fiction located in Lexington Kentucky

The Seventh Throne Release Week, Contests, Interviews, Events.

We wanted to pass along a few things coinciding with the release week of The Seventh Throne.

Today, Evie-Bookish out of Canada has a new interview and contest for The Seventh Throne. Be sure to check it out and leave a comment. http://evie-bookish.blogspot.com/2011/08/interview-giveaway-stephen-zimmer.html

Thursday, Stephen will be live on Edin Radio at 6:30 eastern, at www.edinradio.com/radio

Friday, Stephen will be at the big kickoff event for The Seventh Throne in Lexington, Kentucky at Joseph-Beth Booksellers. The event starts at 7 pm and features giveaways, a presentation, a Q and A, a collectible print, an after party, and more.

Celebrate the release of The Seventh Throne and help us spread the word!

Thrall Contest and Steven Shrewsbury Interview at Evie Bookish

We just wanted to put up a link and reminder that you can win a nice Thrall package, AND read a great new Steven Shrewsbury interview over at Evie Bookish. Evie did a Thrall review earlier, which you can find at her blog, and now visits with Steven with a great range of questions. Check it out if you get a moment. It is very easy to enter the contest too!

Link to the Steven Shrewsbury Interview and Thrall contest:
http://evie-bookish.blogspot.com/2011/08/interview-giveaway-steven-shrewsbury.html?spref=tw

3 Excellent New Redheart Reviews, a Thrall Review, and a Jackie Gamber Guest Blog

We have had quite a good week with Jackie Gamber and her book Redheart, and also have a nice new Thrall review to pass along to you.


First, there's a great new post by Jackie up at My Love Affair with Books. It explores Jackie's own "love affair with books", and how it started. Check it out and leave a comment!

http://books-love-affair.blogspot.com/2011/05/guest-post-my-off-and-on-again-love.html


Then, there wasn't just one, or two, but three excellent new reviews of Redheart! We hope that you take a look at them, and don't forget that you can get Redheart for your eReader for a couple of weeks longer at just $1.99. Request it at your library or ask your favorite bookstore to carry it, and help us spread the word. It is getting a great response with reviewers and readers, and you can really be of help in making this series grow.


Here's the Redheart review at From the Bookshelf of T.B.:
http://ftbotbblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/redheart-by-jackie-gamber.html

Here's the Redheart review at The Prairie Library:
http://www.theprairielibrary.com/2011/05/review-redheart-by-jackie-gamber.html

Here's the Redheart review at Evie Bookish:
http://evie-bookish.blogspot.com/2011/05/redheart-by-jackie-gamber-book-one-of.html


We also wanted to pass along this link to a fine review of Steven Shrewsbury's Thrall, on Edi's Lighthouse. Don't forget that you can get Thrall on eBook for just $1.99 on Kindle, Nook, iPad, and more as well! Thrall is great for readers that like action-heavy heroic fantasy. With the new Conan movie coming out later this summer, it is a perfect time for Thrall!

http://edisbooklighthouse.blogspot.com/2011/05/edis-spotlight-thrall-by-steven.html

Jackie Gamber visits Evie Bookish with Guest Blog Post

Shortly after getting the note that Jackie's interview on Reading Away the Days went live, we got a note regarding Jackie's new guest blog post on Evie Bookish. This one focuses on the things Jackie has been reading recently, and gives some good insights into what Jackie looks for in stories and literature.

Be sure to leave a comment and let Evie know you stopped by to read Jackie's new post! The Redheart online tour continues forward!

http://evie-bookish.blogspot.com/2011/05/guest-post-time-what-am-i-reading-by.html